{"id":129768,"date":"2021-08-30T17:37:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=129768"},"modified":"2021-09-01T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:31:08","slug":"duopoly-in-telcom-will-hurt-both-consumers-and-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/duopoly-in-telcom-will-hurt-both-consumers-and-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Duopoly in telcom will hurt both consumers and govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/preserve-competition-121082900990_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the news?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>The government is reportedly looking at a relief package for the stressed\u00a0telecom\u00a0sector while also exploring ways to allow operators to pay their dues linked to\u00a0adjusted gross revenue\u00a0(AGR) over 20 years rather than 10 years currently.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/two-is-too-few\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Two is too few &#8211; Issues with telecom sector<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Preventing a duopoly in the telecom sector is crucial for a large country like India. Hence, the need for a relief package is evident. Further, the following steps can be taken,<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Steps needed:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The DoT (Department of Telecommunication) must <strong>revisit the components of AGR,<\/strong> which includes interest income, dividend, profits on the sale of assets, insurance claims, and forex gains.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>reserve price for the upcoming 5G spectrum auction should be rationalized<\/strong> to a level that would prevent telcos from any further bleeding.<\/li>\n<li>Telecom companies must<strong> rationalize their tariffs<\/strong> without TRAI&#8217;s interference. Small beginnings have been made by telcos in the post-paid segment, but to make a real difference in their financial health, they need to ask the larger universe of pre-paid telecom users to shell out more for the services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Terms to know<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/adjusted-gross-revenue-agr\/\">AGR<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india-trai\/\">TRAI<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Business Standard What is the news? The government is reportedly looking at a relief package for the stressed\u00a0telecom\u00a0sector while also exploring ways to allow operators to pay their dues linked to\u00a0adjusted gross revenue\u00a0(AGR) over 20 years rather than 10 years currently. Must Read: Two is too few &#8211; Issues with telecom sector Preventing a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/duopoly-in-telcom-will-hurt-both-consumers-and-govt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Duopoly in telcom will hurt both consumers and govt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10330,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[8671,8782,4160],"class_list":["post-129768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-changes-in-industrial-policy","tag-government-policies-and-interventions","tag-telecom-sector","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704455465},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}